An upstairs neighbor heard the woman’s hysterical cries and notified the police. The civil party emphasized that the police found a real massacre in the apartment. “It looked like the setting of a horror movie like The Shining.” Just below the victim’s eye, there was even a knife that was planted 7 centimeters deep in her skull.
In total, the medical examiner found no fewer than 36 cut and stab injuries. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the victim would have died without the quick intervention of the emergency services.
Alain A. continues to claim that he acted in lawful self-defense. In his own words, he only reacted when the prostitute first attacked him with the cutting board. According to the defendant, the victim would also have reached for a pair of scissors first. The defense therefore requested acquittal on the basis of lawful self-defense. In vain. Master Baert argued, successfully, that there was certainly no premeditation. “In his mind he did not knowingly want to hurt that lady.”